Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-03

DAILY HERALD.
A PROSPEROUS TOWN.
A Place of Surprising
Wealth and Prosperity.
BEAUTIFUL SANTA ANA.
A Valley Where Crops Never Fail
and Dull Times Put i'll no
Appearance.


is situated thirty.four miles southeas
of Los Angeles, about six miles east
the Santa Ana river, in the center o
one of the finest agricultural district
In the world. The Santa Ana valley
contains about 800 square miles will
the Santa Ana river running through
the center
The city is located on marvelously
rich land that enables the citizens to
surround their homes with trees and
plants of almost every kind, and make
for themselves bowers of beauty In
profusion. All the fruits OF the
North and the Semi.tropics cluster
in and around the beautiful place. The
people are wide awake and take no step
backward. They are erecting costly
and ornamental residences, churches,
schoolhouses, public halls and massive
and spacious stores worthy Of metrop-
OILS. Few towns of the size of Santa
Ana, which numbers about 5000 in the
immediate settlement aud Is, 600 in the
township, have so many good buildings.
1t is no place for shanties. The people
are building wisely and we'll. Their
stores and dwellings are made for
health, comfort and convenience, and
Indicate a population of intelligence
and thrift.
NEW HOTEL.
One Of the most convincing evidences
OF the wisdom and energy of the citi-
Gems of Santa Ana is the construction of
a grand hotel that shall be superior to
any in the country. This noble editce
is OF brick, three stories high. with a
spacious basement, making really four
story building, about l50xl4O feet.
enclosing court in which a
large fountain will perpetually play.
The building is the property OF the
Santa Ana Hotel and Land Company,
and is being finished off with all the
modern Improvements, including hot
and cold water, spacious bathrooms on
every floor, with electric bells in each
of the seventy five rooms, and all the
rooms well lighted and ventilated. A
large elevator. four stories high, will
convey guests to the lookout above the
building, from which magnificent view
is obtained that is seldom equaled and
can never be surpassed. On the south,
the great orchards and vineyards spread
away to the shore of the shining sum
mer sea, displaying the great cornhelds
and alfalfa meadows of Gospel Swamp
and the great San joaquin plains. On
the east lies beautiful Justin, the beauti-
full view of Lomos de Santiago and the
mountains beyond. Further northward
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the great north view takes in the mag
niticent view of Orange, the Santa Ana
Canon, st. James, Burruel Point, the
high hills of Petrolia and beautiful
Placentia. On the west is a great
stretch of orchards and vineyards, ex-
tending to the Santa Ana river, and be-
yond lies the great rich mother colony
Of Anaheim, forming beautiful bound
airy of the vision in that direction, with
Westminster, Garden Grove and fthe
New England colony further south.
Such a view of the city in its beauty |
and completeness aud OF the vast rich
ness that surrounds il on every side with |
beautiful homes and cereal and horticul- |
tural wealth is perfectly enhancing. |
When the building shall be finished
this charming point of observation will |
be visited by thousands. The sight
will be one of perennial beauty. No
winter mars its beauty and no summer
sun dims its evergreen robes. The
edifiee has large, well.lighted office on
the corner, spacious reading room and
parlors, dining room 3Sx62 and a we'll
arranged aud model kitchen.
The building will be grand attrac.
ton to the city and monument to
the energy and good judgment of its
proprietors.
The city has a street railway to Or
ange and Tustin City, the Southern
Pacific railway and the California Cen
trial. The latter being just built through
the city and is to be extended to San
Diego. Another street railroad is to be
built to Newport Landing and an cleo
trio light added to the present lighting
OF gas. The streets are broad, straight
and in good condition. Most of the
stores are of brick and are well stocked
with staple and fancy goods. A block
of six brick stores are now nearly COM
pleted and Capt. G. E. French is prepar.
ing to erect three.story brick building
for mercantile purposes. This will be
IT'S feet in length, and highly orna'
mental. The Captain, little later on
will put up another similar building.
The city is great shipping point for
all kinds of fruit, grain, honey, butter,
cheese and live stock. 1t ranks next to
Los Angeles and Anaheim in the amount
OF its shipments. Raisin shipments
from Santa Ana this year will probably
reach O,000 boxes, while the shipment
of undried and canned fruits will be
enormous. There are nine churches in
the place, four hotels, two banks, three
newspapers weekly, five public schools,
a large G. A. r. Post (Sedgwick). with
lodges of all the leading benevolent So
cieties.
An effort is now being made to estab
lish large college in the suburbs, prob
ABLY at Tustin city. When the plans
are matured full particulars will appear
in the HERALD. The citizens have now
decided to erect the finest public school
building in the state in beautiful park
of five acres near the center of the city.
The edifce will be highly ornamental
and center of attraction from all sides.
Water from artesan wells is used for
domestic purposes and carried through
out the town in iron pipes.
For irrigation the water of the Santa
Ana river is brought down In large
canal that will furnish fifty heads OF wa.
ter at O time. Below the city the land
is moist enough without artificial irriga-
ton. The city has doubled IN popula-
ton in the last year. On all sides the
products are variegated and immense
business is always brisk in the city
labor is well rewarded and food is cheaF
and of the best quality. In all tht
state no young city has a better ant
brighter future than the salubrious ano
prosperous city of SANTA ANA.